In the more than ten days since Shen Leng and Meng Changan arrived at Baishan Pass, the most direct thing is the contest between the scouts of the two sides, and unlike in the past, this time Daning's scouts are no longer one-sided suppression, and they were even killed twice because of the light enemy at the beginning.

In the past half a month, the scouts on both sides have encountered various places in the canyon and forest outside Baishan Pass, and each time they have fought extremely fiercely.

And this made Shen Leng and Meng Changan even more sure that there was a person in the army of the Bohai Kingdom who knew about the Daning army, and if this person was not a Ning person, then he could only go out from the Sihai Pavilion.

The investigation of the Tingwei Mansion was immediately launched, but it took several months for the news to return from Chang'an, and it could take up to half a year.

The time to start a war against the Bohai Kingdom is only three months, Shen Leng and they will not postpone the plan because of one person, and the plan is not on the side of Baishan Pass, it is the Bohai people who put their main energy here.

In mid-June, Meng Changan stayed at Baishan Pass to continue to confront the 150,000 Bohai troops, creating an illusion for the Bohai people, making them think that it was impossible for the Ning people to fight on both sides, and that there were still hundreds of thousands of black army pressed there opposite Xifengkou, and no matter how you look at it, the Ning people were not capable of fighting on two fronts.

Shen Leng led more than 36,000 soldiers of the naval fleet to leave, and with Yan Kaisong's 20,000 sword soldiers, a total of more than 100,000 soldiers and auxiliaries, it took 20 days to enter the sea and launch an attack from the south of the Bohai Kingdom.

This is a strategy that has been formulated a long time ago, Shen Leng and Meng Changan have been waiting for the arrival of the army of the Bohai Kingdom to deal with the army of Heiwu Yetu in the north, as long as the army of the Bohai State arrives, then the advantages of the naval division can be brought into play, and they will attack on the south side of the Bohai Kingdom.

The advantage of Bohai under the rule of the tyrant is that no one dares to question the order of the King of Bohai, and the disadvantage is that because he is too afraid of the King of Bohai, the generals who lead the troops do not dare to be defeated, and once defeated, they will definitely die.

Defeated, and did not dare to report it.

The key to this plan is that the foundation of the Bohai State is backward, and the operation of the army is naturally far less smooth and fast than that in Daning, and the Bohai country is mountainous, and it is too late for the army to be transferred back to the south from the north, Shen Leng and Meng Changan speculated that the army mobilized by the King of Bohai to deal with the Black Wu Kingdom must be its elite rather than a patchwork of people's bravery, and before Yan Kaisong slaughtered 300,000 people in the Bohai Sea and burned down several granaries in large cities, which dealt a huge blow to the national strength of the Bohai Sea, and was already poor and short of food. If the loss of a few granaries is only a drop in the bucket for Daning, it is the key to supporting the army for Bohai.

Fighting Bohai, the plan formulated by Shen Leng and Meng Changan boiled down to one word...... Fast!

There is no need to think about the competition for one city and one place, and the long knife goes straight in.

At the beginning of July, Shen Leng and Yan Kaisong divided their troops into two routes, one way to attack Hancheng, an important town in the south of the Bohai Kingdom, and the other continued to advance northward to Yingya Mountain, where the largest granary of the Bohai Kingdom was located.

At the end of July, the Bohai army outside the Baishan Pass began to withdraw, and the tents were empty overnight.

Meng Chang'an led 10,000 soldiers in Baishan Pass, 20,000 soldiers in Xiahouzhi, and attacked from north to south out of Baishan Pass, with a force of tens of thousands of soldiers, sticking behind the 150,000 troops of the Bohai State, and the army of the Bohai State stopped and they also stopped, as long as they moved.

Pei Tingshan, the general of Eastern Xinjiang, led an army of 30,000 troops to Baishan Pass and sat in the rear.

Early September.

The emperor sat in the study of the thatched house and looked at the ripe vegetables outside the window, remembering the appearance of Shen Leng turning the ground in the vegetable garden that day, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth and smile, that guy has a kind of honesty, but he is a little shameless, and there are some philistines who are fighting small people, but no matter what, he will not make people feel annoying.

Calculating the days, the two little guys are going to celebrate their birthdays, the time is really fast and ungraspable, and in a blink of an eye, Xiao Shen Ji and Xiao Shen Ning are already two years old.

The emperor was a little dazed, unconsciously, it has been several years since he first saw Shen Leng, that kid is now fighting in the Bohai Sea on behalf of Daning, and yesterday there was news from the northeast frontier, saying that Shen Leng's sailors had landed on the south coast of the Bohai Kingdom, and the news went very fast, but it also took more than a month, and it was estimated that the guy had entered a very deep place in the Bohai Kingdom.

The emperor was a little proud.

The tiger father has no dog son, and Lao Tzu is the emperor.

Back then, he could enter the Black Martial Arts, and he believed that Shen Leng would do the same sooner or later.

At this time, seeing Concubine Zhen and Cha'er with the two little guys coming to the imperial garden to play again, the emperor got up and went out, hugging this and hugging that, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that these two little guys were like himself, and his eyebrows and eyes were similar.

At this time, there was another military report, and the military report on the northeast frontier was one a day, which showed how fast the Ning army was advancing.

Lai Cheng, the second assistant of the cabinet, walked over quickly with a military newspaper in his hand, bowed down and bowed, and then lowered his voice and said to the emperor: "General Shen seems to be in trouble. ”

"Huh?"

The emperor frowned slightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"I just received a military report from the Northeast Frontier, General Shen and General Meng are attacking from one south and one north, and the speed of advance is unbelievable, but their fighting style is ...... The Cabinet members all complained that it was an insult to His Majesty's benevolent reputation. ”

"Say."

The emperor glanced at Lai Cheng.

Lai Cheng handed the military report to the emperor: "Judging from the military report, General Shen and General Meng fought too ruthlessly, breaking through one city and slaughtering another, killing young and strong men everywhere they passed, and in addition to leaving the grain and grass needed by the army, the looted grain and grass were burned, and countless people in the Bohai Kingdom starved to death. ”

"Or else?"

The emperor frowned: "Without this battle, there would be fewer people starving to death in the Bohai Kingdom every year?" ”

He snorted, "My merciful reputation? When have I ever been merciful to my enemies! A group of people who have never led troops to fight are here saying that the war should not be fought like this, okay, I will now order Shen Leng and Meng Changan to be transferred back, you go back and tell the cabinet people, I will each issue them a black line knife and a set of chain mail, and let them go to Bohai to fight. ”

Lai Cheng opened his mouth in a choked manner, hesitated for a moment and said tentatively: "Shouldn't this battle be fought steadily?" Fight down a city to stabilize a city, settle the people and raise the fields, and slowly figure it out. ”

"Fart!"

The emperor's eyes widened, startling Xiao Shen Ji and Xiao Shen Ning not far away, and Concubine Zhen and Cha'er hurriedly picked up one by one and left.

Cha'er was a little worried, and glanced back at the emperor: "It seems that the lords of the cabinet are a little dissatisfied with Leng Zi?" ”

"Ignore it."

Concubine Zhen smiled and said: "Why do you care if they are satisfied or not, it depends on whether Your Majesty is satisfied or dissatisfied, Your Majesty has not lost his temper for a long time, so don't worry, Your Majesty has lost his temper, and the adults in the cabinet have no choice but to shut up." ”

Behind them, the emperor glared at Lai Cheng: "You are a first-class ruler, but if you are asked to lead the troops to fight, you are not even a third-rate, do you know what climate Bohai Country has?" There are only three months of war in a year, and if you can't take it within these three months, the 200,000 troops will be trapped in the ice and snow! According to what you said, if you take down a city, you will settle the people and raise the fields, and you tell me, why did I fight the Bohai Sea? Is it to purify all sentient beings? ”

Lai Cheng hurriedly lowered his head: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister just ...... I just feel that the slaughter is too heavy. ”

"So you'll never understand the Frontier Soldiers."

The emperor shook his head: "When I went on an expedition to the north, I took you to the snowy fields in the north to see how the battle was fought, how people died, and how blood stained the ground red...... You are in the cabinet, you should know how many arrows the Ministry of War sends to Northern Xinjiang every year, so you tell me, what are these arrows doing? Make a fence? That's for killing. ”

Lai Cheng was speechless.

"Do you know why Daning was able to destroy Chu in the first place?"

The emperor looked at Lai Cheng, and continued without waiting for Lai Cheng to answer: "Chu supervises the army with civilian officials, and fights with soldiers, and the rights of generals are not as great as those of civilian officials. It is the generals who are guilty, it is those soldiers who are desperate to the death, is the state of Chu really weak? Chu can level the grasslands in the Western Regions and establish a foundation for hundreds of years, because those hundreds of years are too comfortable, so that they emphasize literature over martial arts...... I have always warned myself that the civil and military forces are separated, and the two ends of the flat shoulder must be equal, otherwise Daning will also become Chu. ”

Lai Cheng knew the weight of these words, and where did he dare to say anything more.

After a while, seeing that His Majesty's face softened, Lai Chengcai said with a hippie smile: "The minister knows that he is wrong, and in the future, the minister will study more and be more considerate, Your Majesty's dragon body is important, don't be angry by the minister's words that he doesn't know how to pretend to understand." ”

The emperor glared at him: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and the generals dare not point fingers in the cabinet, and you should not point fingers at the generals." ”

Lai Cheng: "The minister remembered, and the minister asked for a one-year fine." ”

"Forget it."

The emperor glanced at Lai Cheng, and said in a somewhat indifferent tone, "I don't know you yet?" The courtiers all said that you were Lai's old man...... But they don't know about your family affairs, for so many years as an official, you don't take a copper coin, speaking of honesty, no one in the court is more honest than you, more than ten years ago there was a fire in your house, your father and brother were killed, your little money in addition to the family's food and clothing, all sent back to your sister-in-law to keep the family, the fire affected the neighbors, you have to send silver to each household every year, punish you for a year's money, I am afraid of heartache. ”

Lai Cheng stood there, such a big cabinet assistant, rubbing his hands with his head down, such a eloquent person, he couldn't say a word.

"I know that you are working hard, so I give you more rewards than others, but you can't always reward you for no reason, you support your family, your brother and sister-in-law's family, your family of dead and injured people, and the neighbors who lost their loved ones due to the fire...... I want you to be greedy, and others should give you a lot of silver in order to gag your mouth, but you have been cowardly for so many years, I have thought that if you are greedy, I will not cure you. ”

The emperor raised his hand and patted Lai Cheng's shoulder: "However, if you do something wrong, you should be punished and you must be punished." ”

Lai Cheng turned his head sideways, not daring His Majesty to see the redness of his eyes.

"Guilty of subordination."

"Over there."

The emperor pointed to Concubine Zhen and Cha'er: "Those two little ones are almost two years old, your handwriting is good, teach them to write in your spare time, it can be regarded as a punishment for you." ”

Lai Chengleng paused for a moment and laughed: "The minister's order." ”

The emperor said to himself, "Can't you let the two of them follow Shen Leng's broken words...... Alas, it's really broken. ”

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[I'm sorry everyone, the update is so late, today is my birthday, and I indulged in a day without code words. 】